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Monday, March 18, 2013

The Educated Reporter: Word on the Beat: Assessments

The Educated Reporter: Word on the Beat: Assessments:


Word on the Beat: Assessments

As a regular feature, The Educated Reporter features a buzzword or phrase that You Need To Know (yes, this designation is highly subjective but we're giving it a shot). Send your Word on the Beat suggestions to erichmond@ewa.org.

Word on the beat: Assessments

What it means: Assessments typically refers to tests that students are required to take to track their academic progress. Increasingly, those results are also being used to evaluate teacher effectiveness. More broadly, assessments are quantitative and qualitative measures of an individual’s skills, knowledge and abilities. In